Lynda’s Journal – Poem – Mid-winter Landscape Geography
Lynda’s Journal – Poem
Mid-winter Landscape Geography
Lynda writes AWARD WINNING Poetry
Published: The Avocet: A Journal of Nature Poetry. Winter Edition, 2025.
by Lynda McKinney Lambert
January 8, 2025
On November 25, I received this letter from Charles Portolano, Editor of The Avocet: A Journal of Nature Poetry. This magazine will be mailed out in January 2025.
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Dear Lynda:
Hello, wow, what a wonderful array of Winter poetry in this print issue of The Avocet, a Journal of Nature Poetry. We had many submissions to pick from, which is always hard, but the issue has turned into a Winter wonderland.
Congratulation, we are pleased to publish your poem,
Midwinter Landscape Geography,
in this Winter issue. Thank you for sharing such wonderful work.
Since you are a subscribing/supporting member of the Avocet community you will receive your print copy.
And please think about buying a few copies to give as gifts for family members and friends. You get to show off your poetry and we get new eyes reading your Nature poetry.
A win-win-win for everyone.
The world would be a much better and more peaceful place to live in if everyone read and wrote of their love of Mother Earth.
The Poem
Midwinter Landscape Geography
Mist
Ice storm
Darker days
Wintry weather
Invites reflection
Nature-painted grey sky
Time to shelter in hemlocks
Evergreen trees harbor house wrens
Red cardinals on snow-covered trees
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Lighter days will come soon enough
After a spell of winter’s depths
Northern lights astonish us
Dazzling brilliant hues
Shorter day, longer night
Captivating scenes
All surround
Peaceful
End
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Gem
Earthy
Origins
Geographic
Rutilated sea cliffs
Ancient quartz overhangs
Pristine old -growth forest streams
Hiking trails in national parks
Yosemite’s cliffs shaped by rockfall
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Published: The Avocet: A Journal of Nature Poetry. Print Edition, Winter 2025.
Note: To write this poem I used the Nonet form, which is a 9-line poetry form.
However, I also created these Nonet forms in combination with the ACROSTIC form.
If you look down the left side of each line, the letters will form a stem from the words I used that you see in the poem’s title. Therefore, It is an acrostic + Nonet combination. I enjoy writing like this because of the “shape” the poem has when you look at the entire poem.
What do you see?
Look for the shape.
Look at the letters on the left side. This is called “the stem” of the poem.
Do you see what the letters are spelling out as you look from top to bottom of the poem?
Did you see some words that are new to you?
Thank you for spending time here at my blog today!
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©Lynda McKinney Lambert, 2024.
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